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« There is nothing more difficult than deciding whether you are seeing a healthy boy or girl going through the agonies of adolescence or whether it is a person who happens to be psychiatrically ill at puberty. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Fear of collapse and other clinical situations |
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Donald W. Winnicott
Fear of collapse and other clinical situations
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« It is easy to find the example of a mother who is unable to live in the baby's world. This mother's child must live in her own world. From the point of view of the superficial observer, this child will be able to make very good progress. It may not be until he is in adolescence, or even later, that he protests appropriately, has a nervous breakdown, or finds mental balance only in opposition. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
The child and his family |
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Donald W. Winnicott
The child and his family
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« In the treatment of depression, the important role of the analyst's therapy is its survival throughout a period when the patient is under the influence of destructive ideas. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Maturation process in children |
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Donald W. Winnicott
Maturation process in children
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